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i, barack hussein obama, do solemnly swear. >> i, barack hussein obama, do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> the office of president of the united states. >> the office of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve, protect, and defend. >> preserve, protect, and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> thank you, mr. chief justice. thank you so much. thank you, sweetie. >> final preparations are going on right now for tomorrow's public swearing-in and the festivities. day kicks off with the president attending church services right here in washington. for more on tomorrow's program and all the tight security around it, let's head over the capitol hill and nbc's ron mott with a good sunday to you, ron. what can we expect for the public inauguration tomorrow? >> hey, there, alex. good day to you. we don't expect this beautiful s
i, barack hussein obama, do solemnly swear. >> i, barack hussein obama, do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> the office of president of the united states. >> the office of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve, protect, and defend. >> preserve, protect, and defend. >> the constitution of the united...
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when they voted for barack obama to the tune of about 54%. and they rejected obama to the tune of about 47% or 48%. that's purely unadulterated normal. those people are never going to be barack obama supporters. he's going to constantly have a majority. the question, though, is can he translate that majority in every congressional district which he won if he uses that awesome machinery that got him the election to support his programs and to convince members of congress to support his programs. he will do just fine. >> i want to talk about gun control. as you know, attorney general holder, he spoke before the conference of mayors yesterday. told them to use their influence to force congress' hand to pass legislation. but americans are pretty split along party lines on any kind of legislation. if all politics are local, sir, how do you convince locals that represents their constituents, those elected to congress by their local citizens, to get on board and back the president with his gun control legislation? >> in reality, i think the presiden
when they voted for barack obama to the tune of about 54%. and they rejected obama to the tune of about 47% or 48%. that's purely unadulterated normal. those people are never going to be barack obama supporters. he's going to constantly have a majority. the question, though, is can he translate that majority in every congressional district which he won if he uses that awesome machinery that got him the election to support his programs and to convince members of congress to support his programs....
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but i don't care if a president -- and, listen, barack obama has had republican cabinet members. george bush had democratic cabinet members. i like bipartisanship. i would like to see more of it. i think we need more diversity in the next cabinet, and so far what we're seeing is a lot of white men, but the president is allowed to pick whom he chooses, and if he chooses a former republican senator to be his next secretary of defense, the senate ought to have a hearing, investigate it, and give it an up or down vote, period. >> chip, in terms of the bipartisan appeal, do you think that is a significant factor here? do you think by doing this the president tries to rise above the rancor that exists on capitol hill? >> trying to do bipartisan support by nominating a former republican senator who balked his own party and backed the democratic candidate in his own state is not the way to do it. senator graham said we'll have a hearing and see what happens. it's going to be tough to get chuck hagel confirmed. when a few senators decide it's not going to happen, it usually doesn't happen
but i don't care if a president -- and, listen, barack obama has had republican cabinet members. george bush had democratic cabinet members. i like bipartisanship. i would like to see more of it. i think we need more diversity in the next cabinet, and so far what we're seeing is a lot of white men, but the president is allowed to pick whom he chooses, and if he chooses a former republican senator to be his next secretary of defense, the senate ought to have a hearing, investigate it, and give...
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obama's four, even though barack obama won the state by four percentage points. and 150,000 overall votes. >> that's the state of virginia and overall, you look at the numbers, romney would have gotten 273, obama, 262, if it had gone that way nationwide. that's an extraordinary change. but the question, this constitutional? >> it is. states are allowed to decide how their electoral votes are divvied up. two states already do this by congressional district. nebraska and maine. never been a problem, mainly because maine has been seen as a blue state. nebraska, a red state and they have few electoral votes. what created controversy here, the states that are potentially considering this, like virginia, like michigan, like pennsylvania. these are traditionally battleground states that could end up having an impact on the presidential election future contest if they are adopted. >> first, who is supporting this? >> these are republican state lawmakers across the country doing this. and one of the arguments in favor of this, they believe this would give rural community,
obama's four, even though barack obama won the state by four percentage points. and 150,000 overall votes. >> that's the state of virginia and overall, you look at the numbers, romney would have gotten 273, obama, 262, if it had gone that way nationwide. that's an extraordinary change. but the question, this constitutional? >> it is. states are allowed to decide how their electoral votes are divvied up. two states already do this by congressional district. nebraska and maine. never...
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the joy of president barack obama winning. i must say, in these last four years i'm impressed with what he has done. we were minus 4 million jobs. more americans are insured. more youth have pell grants. registry, in detroit, the number one truck, the ram, number one car, the cadillac, and more troops out of iraq. tremendous odds, against tremendous odds, he has done an amazing job. >> so many things on this president's agenda. i want to speak with you about gun control, because you come from chicago, which has suffered a pretty tough year with the number of murders in that city as a result of gun violence. do any of the president's policies in proposal, or in the think tank, do think address gun control and reducing the violence in our inner cities? >> only in some measure. i wrote president barack obama a letter, and vice president biden. in chicago, gun shops, gun ranges there. drugs come in from the mexica cartels so there are drug cartel there's. guns are manufactured in the suburbs on rock island. so guns and drugs in, p
the joy of president barack obama winning. i must say, in these last four years i'm impressed with what he has done. we were minus 4 million jobs. more americans are insured. more youth have pell grants. registry, in detroit, the number one truck, the ram, number one car, the cadillac, and more troops out of iraq. tremendous odds, against tremendous odds, he has done an amazing job. >> so many things on this president's agenda. i want to speak with you about gun control, because you come...
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so we in the political commentary didn't think up barack obama. he came to us. i remember saying when i first saw him, just saw your first black president right there. it didn't take much of a genius to figure that out. you saw him and heard him. the immigrant story because of his father being from another part of the world. the phenomenon of reagan, another guy that came out of nowhere, who was laughed at. and did work his way up through the system. the mondales and the doles are never going to be that exciting. even the mccains. the exciting politicians are the ones that come out of nowhere and excite the country. and i think obama and reagan are that way. who would have thought that joe biden could have marshalled a presidential campaign? he's doing it right as we speak. he looked very good yesterday. he's likable. if ""saturday night live"" doesn't destroy him, which they might because they did it to jerry ford, he could make it. in fact, hillary must be thinking -- secretary clinton must be thinking i got to fight joe. they'll be really hating me because ev
so we in the political commentary didn't think up barack obama. he came to us. i remember saying when i first saw him, just saw your first black president right there. it didn't take much of a genius to figure that out. you saw him and heard him. the immigrant story because of his father being from another part of the world. the phenomenon of reagan, another guy that came out of nowhere, who was laughed at. and did work his way up through the system. the mondales and the doles are never going...
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barack obama does like him and that's the only thing that really matters when you're talking about being nominated for a job like this. this will not be an easy confirmation pick because people in both parties don't like chuck hagel. >> morris, it's interesting, capitol hill sources have told chuck todd here from nbc that as many as ten democratic sno iic could vote no if hagels the nomin nominee, why would the president nominate someone with so much opposition from his own party? >> he has too much juice over his party at this point. the good news is by nominating chuck hagel it shows he a reaching across the aisle. it shows he is being partisan. and when you have the republicans come out against him the way they are, it only helps with his issues regarding the bipartisanship. >> so, morris, you think that's more important than nominating a democrat for the position? >> well, listen, i'm not a partisan, but for a position like this i'd rather have a democrat, but chuck hagel is a fine senator and he knows the issues, we're not getting someone that is not qualified for the position. but
barack obama does like him and that's the only thing that really matters when you're talking about being nominated for a job like this. this will not be an easy confirmation pick because people in both parties don't like chuck hagel. >> morris, it's interesting, capitol hill sources have told chuck todd here from nbc that as many as ten democratic sno iic could vote no if hagels the nomin nominee, why would the president nominate someone with so much opposition from his own party?...
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and you know, senator hagel didn't come out and explicitly endorse barack obama, but that trip was seen as an endorsement, as you'll recall. obama was trying to get some foreign policy credentials and build up that resume. mccain certainly had that. so it's a mixture for sure. >> david, do you think chuck hagel will be confirmed? >> i think he'll be confirmed. i think it will be rough and republicans will use it, as well as some democrats. but think ultimately he gets confirmed. >> okay. carol lee and david drucker, good to see you boeing. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> west coast headlines are next. with a first in a reading, writing, and rapping. also politics and film. did torture scenes in "zero dark thirty" play a role in oscar nominations and should they have? the studio that made that film is now angry. look, if you have copd like me, you know it can be hard to breathe, and how that feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily
and you know, senator hagel didn't come out and explicitly endorse barack obama, but that trip was seen as an endorsement, as you'll recall. obama was trying to get some foreign policy credentials and build up that resume. mccain certainly had that. so it's a mixture for sure. >> david, do you think chuck hagel will be confirmed? >> i think he'll be confirmed. i think it will be rough and republicans will use it, as well as some democrats. but think ultimately he gets confirmed....
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because when barack obama first ran for president, one of the sort of signature issues that made the left really sort of lean toward him was his anti-war stance, particularly about iraq. but i think the country is so war-weary that the idea of withdrawing completely from afghanistan, that's even beyond i think the wildest hopes particularly of the president's liberal base. i mean, people are very excited. i'm hearing a lot of very positive reaction to the idea of going down to zero troops in afghanistan. and look, we've been there longer than the russians were there at this point. i mean, it seems to americans i think at least the majority to just be an intractable situation. i think most americans would be very pleased if we got out of there. >> do you have a discrepancy? do people feel a difference with getting troops out of afghanistan and leaving some behind for training and perhaps special ops? do people distinguish between that? >> i think people understand we still have to key an eye on that region. you still have pakistan next door. that is still where the majority of the ter
because when barack obama first ran for president, one of the sort of signature issues that made the left really sort of lean toward him was his anti-war stance, particularly about iraq. but i think the country is so war-weary that the idea of withdrawing completely from afghanistan, that's even beyond i think the wildest hopes particularly of the president's liberal base. i mean, people are very excited. i'm hearing a lot of very positive reaction to the idea of going down to zero troops in...